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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please, please stop all of the racial and religious hatred.  We are our own worst enemies.  Just stop, already.[/quote]

+1. I just read that an eight year old was one of those killed. I can't talk about this in our house - my child is too young to understand so DH and I are being quiet and the news is off. This thread is where I'm coming to share my grief. Can you all just start a hate-speech sub thread if you want to fling shit. It just seems so disrespectful. We all have our knee jerk fears and worries about who might be behind it. I worry pretty much all the time now. You can't fly, you can't run a marathon, you can't do anything without wondering if the crowd or your activity has made you a target. I think about my kids growing up in this world and wonder WTF have I done inviting children to such a monster of a place.

Someone just posted the old Fred Rogers poster - look for the helpers. When you see news that is scary, look for the helpers, there are always helpers. Are any of us, on this thread, helpers? Or just haters. [/quote]

I realize that this is horrifically upsetting, and a terrible thing for the individuals affected.  However, you and your children are not going to die in a terrorist attack.  39,000 people die every year in car accidents and many, many more are injured.  That's 13 x the number of people who died on 9/11, every year, just in car accidents. Yet, people still get into cars, because they don't want to let fear prevent them from living.  So keep running, especially since it will stave off heart disease, which is what will eventually get most of the people reading this thread.    [/quote]

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